Holzer and Hofer win the Open tournament in Brixen

The Brixen tournament was endowed with 5000 euros in prize money. A total of 192 players took part, 24 of whom were players in the second category. In the men's open tournament, the expected final took place between the 27-year-old Patrick Prader from Barbia, number 1 on the seed list, and Thomas Holzer from Kalter, who was two years older and was seeded number 2. This time, however, the victory did not go to the Eisacktaler, but to Thomas Holzer, who had to lose the first set 4:6, but then prevailed 6:4, 6:1. In doing so, the Kalterer took revenge for the two defeats last week at the Futures in Rungg and the Open tournament in Bruneck. In the direct encounters, the two strongest South Tyrolean tennis players are now tied 6:6 after Andreas Seppi. In the semifinals, Holzer eliminated Federico Ottolini 6:0, 6:1 in Brixen, while Prader defeated national champion Joy Vigani 6:3, 6:3.

15-year-old Verena Hofer from Val Gardena wins the women's tournament

The two top seeds, Verena Hofer from St. Ulrich and Vera Ploner from Sand in Taufers, also faced each other in the final of the women's open tournament. The 15-year-old from Val Gardena dominated the encounter and clearly won 6:3, 6:0. In fact, she only had to give up seven games in the entire tournament. In the quarterfinals she defeated Elisa Crazzolara from Val Badia 6:1, 6:1 and in the semifinals she also beat Claudia Marini from Kaltern with this result. Ploner, on the other hand, eliminated Sophia Meliss and Jeannine Hopfgartner.

In the NC category, Roman Riggi Tomas won the final against Gianfelice Artignani in the men's category, while Doris Graus defeated Stefanie Vaia 6:2, 6:3 in the women's category. The award ceremony was attended by Roland Sandrin, board member of the Italian Tennis Association, the Vice Mayor of Brixen Gianlorenzo Pedron, speaker Paola Bacher, member of the state parliament Elena Artioli, the President of the Brixen Municipal Council, Thomas Schraffl and the Vice President of the Tennis Club Brixen, Luciano Buttazzoni. part.

Results “Raiffeisen Grand Prix 2013” – TC Bixen Open men

Quarterfinals Patrick Prader (2.2) - Philipp Köll (2.8) 6:1, 6:1 Joy Vigani (2.5) - Jonata Vitari (2.3) 6:1, 6:4 Federico Ottolini (2.3) - Eugenio Candioli (2.5) 6:3, 6:4 Thomas Holzer (2.3) - Alberto De Meo (2.8) 6:1, 6:2 semifinals Patrick Prader (2.2) - Joy Vigani (2.5) 6:3, 6:3 Thomas Holzer (2.3) - Federico Ottolini (2.3) 6:1, 6:0 Final Thomas Holzer (2.3) - Patrick Prader (2.2) 4:6, 6:4, 6:1

Open Women

Quarterfinals Verena Hofer (2.4) - Elisa Crazzolara (3.4) 6:1, 6:1 Claudia Marini (2.7) - Mariagiovanna Nanti (2.8) 6:4, 1:6, 6:3 Jeannine Hopfgartner (2.7) - Katja Lochmann (3.1) 6:4, 6:1 Vera Ploner (2.6) - Sophia Meliss (3.1) 6:2, 6:4 semifinals Verena Hofer (2.4) - Claudia Marini (2.7) 6:1, 6:1 Vera Ploner (2.6) - Jeannine Hopfgartner (2.7) 6:3, 6:7, 6:4 Final Verena Hofer (2.4) - Vera Ploner (2.6) 6:3, 6:0

NC men semifinals Gianfelice Antignani (4:2) - Peter Rainer (4.1) 1:6, 7:5, 6:3 Tomas Riggi (4.1) - Christian Widmann (4.2) 6:0, 6:3 Final Tomas Riggi (4.1) - Gianfelice Antignani (4:2) 6:0, 6:3

NC ladies semifinals Doris Graus (4.1) - Tanja Wiesflecker (4.1) 6:1, 6:0 Stefanie Vaia (4.1) - Roswitha Tauber (4.1) 6:1, 7:5 Final Doris Graus (4.1) - Stefanie Vaia (4.1) 6:3, 6:2

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Holzer and Hofer win the Open tournament in Brixen

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